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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217024" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Mara <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217024">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>The <code>dist-x86_64-mingw</code> runner just gave this odd error, on two runs in a row:</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code>cp: &#39;/c/hostedtoolcache/windows/Python/3.9.1/x64/python.exe&#39; and &#39;/c/hostedtoolcache/windows/Python/3.9.1/x64/python3.exe&#39; are the same file
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<p><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang-ci/rust/runs/1833873025">https://github.com/rust-lang-ci/rust/runs/1833873025</a><br>
<a href="https://github.com/rust-lang-ci/rust/runs/1833900140">https://github.com/rust-lang-ci/rust/runs/1833900140</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217110" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217110">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>gah, close the tree</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217193" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Mara <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217193">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>closed</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217652" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217652">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:26)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="310399">@Mara</span> do you have time to review a small PR with the fix?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217656" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217656">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>or <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116122">@simulacrum</span> I guess</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217659" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Mara <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217659">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>sure</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217671" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217671">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>yeah I can context switch if necessary</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217734" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217734">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:27)</a>:</h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81762">https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81762</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217745" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217745">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>it should be relatively trivial to review</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225217812" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225217812">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:28)</a>:</h4>
<p>base image changes are fun!</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225218230" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Mara <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225218230">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>interesting to see <code>cp</code> fail, as it would normally just overwrite the target. but in this case the target is a symlink to the source (or the other way around)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225218441" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225218441">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>well, a symlink makes sense in this context!</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225218483" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Mara <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225218483">(Feb 04 2021 at 20:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>yeah, sure. i've just never seen this failure mode of <code>cp</code> before ^^</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225239204" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Mara <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225239204">(Feb 04 2021 at 23:20)</a>:</h4>
<p><span aria-label="tada" class="emoji emoji-1f389" role="img" title="tada">:tada:</span> yay, merged. tree open for business again <span aria-label="tree" class="emoji emoji-1f333" role="img" title="tree">:tree:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2%20error/near/225241337" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/msys2.20error.html#225241337">(Feb 04 2021 at 23:42)</a>:</h4>
<p>thanks for the quick review on the PR!</p>



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